On his first sermon during the Great Lent, Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark See, said that fasting gives us great opportunity to repent.

International Monetary entrusted former Egyptian Minister of Finance Botros Ghali to put a plan to save Greece from bankruptcy.

A delegation from Free Egyptians party visited Abba Tadros, Bishop of Port Said, on the occasion of his promotion as Metropolitan.

Coptic Orthodox Church celebrated the feast of Pope Cyril VI departure on March 9th. Thousands of Copts headed to St. Mina monastery in Mariot, and the mill of Pope Cyril in Old Cairo to celebrate his feast and be blessed by the Great Saint.

Dr Hilali Sherbini, Minister of Education, opened investigation to case of Coptic principal Mirvat Sefin, who was promoted to a school principal, but students demonstrated against the appointment of a Christian principal.

Abba Anthony, Bishop of Jerusalem, celebrated yesterday his first Mass in St. Mary Church in Bethlehem. Spokesman for the Coptic Orthodox Church said that several bishops participated in the Holy Mass after they participated in the enthronement ceremony of the bishop including Abba Pfnotios, Bishop of Samalout, Abba Justus, head of St. Anthony monastery in the Red Sea, Abba Daniel, Bishop of Sydney, and Abba Daniel, head of the monastery of St. Shenouda the Archimandrite in Australia.

Fuad Masum, the Iraqi president, told Pope Tawadros during his visit to the Papal residence that Christians are an integral component in Iraq.

Youth Bishopric announced it’s going to celebrate the fourth anniversary of Pope Shenouda’s departure. The celebration is held in cooperation with the Coptic Cultural Centre under the title "teacher of generations”

Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of Saint Mark See, gave his legal adviser Monsef Naguib Suleiman 24 hours to review the draft of new personal status law dedicated for the Coptic Christians.

Bishop Mounir Hanna, head of the Episcopal Church in Egypt and North Africa, said that it is difficult for all Coptic denominations to agree on a unified personal status code.

Abba Serapion, Bishop of Los Angeles, said the Holy Synod of the Coptic Orthodox Church acknowledged abandonment for five years as reason for divorce.

Abba Arsany, Bishop of the Netherlands, ordained two new priests to minister in the Coptic Orthodox church in Holland and Belgium.

Abba Youhanna, Bishop of Northern Giza, ordained two new priests at St. Mary and St. Mina Church in Warraq.

Abba Anthony, Bishop of Jerusalem, celebrated today the first Holy Mass in the Holy Land. The new bishop was enthroned yesterday in Jerusalem in the presence of the congregation, leaders of the other denominations and officials.

Dr. Mohamed Mukhtar Juma, minister of religious endowments, announced that 70 new mosques opened in two months.

Dr. Abdel-Moneim Fouad, professor of religion and philosophy at Al-Azhar University, denounced a campaign by Dr. Amna Nosir, member of the House of Representatives, to prevent niqab by law.

Egypt’s Minister of Justice promised to solve crisis of Minya children after a group of MPs met with him on Thursday to discuss the crisis of Minya children who were sentenced to five years in prison on charges of contempt of Islam.